The Chamber approves stricter rules for rural expropriation

The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that restricts the criteria for expropriation of land for agrarian reform when the property does not fulfill its social function and provides the mechanism only for the unproductive. The proposal will be sent to the Senate. Authored by deputies Rodolfo Nogueira (PL-MS) and Zucco (PL-RS), Bill 4357/23 was approved this Wednesday (5) with a substitute report by the rapporteur, deputy Pedro Lupion (PP-PR). The proposal changes Law 8.629/93 on the regulation of the social function of property. The Constitution guarantees the protection of productive property against expropriation for agrarian reform only when it fulfills its social function by simultaneously meeting the listed requirements. According to the bill's text, however, for productive property to be expropriated, it must simultaneously fail to meet all the requirements linked to its social function, observing the new rules created. A 2023 decision by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ...